Terms of Use

Using this site means accepting these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site or its linked tools.

This privately owned reference site has no government, sheriff, jail, court, or corrections affiliation. Neither it nor its advertising partners offers an FCRA-covered service. It is not a private investigation firm or consumer reporting agency, and its material cannot be used for credit, employment, insurance, or tenant screening.


Nature of the Site

McDonough County Released Inmates points visitors toward jail, release-record, court, corrections, and supervision resources in McDonough County and Illinois. It also connects to outside research tools. The site stores no official records and cannot confirm custody, release a person, or file a document with an agency.


Acceptable Use Rules

  • Do not violate a law while using the site.
  • Do not stalk, threaten, harass, or harm another person.
  • Do not make hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or other regulated decisions from site information.
  • Do not seek unauthorized access to any account, server, or data.
  • Do not deploy bots or scrapers without written permission.
  • Do not disrupt access for other visitors.

No Consumer Reports

This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It and its advertising partners do not supply credit reports, consumer reports, background checks, or screening services. Users agree not to apply the information to:

  • hiring, firing, or another employment decision;
  • tenant selection or housing eligibility;
  • creditworthiness, lending, or insurance pricing;
  • licensing, permits, or government-program eligibility; or
  • any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.

Links to Other Services

Links may lead to government portals, sheriff or corrections resources, legal information, and outside search providers. They are offered for navigation, not endorsement. We do not control their content, availability, prices, terms, or data practices. Review the destination's rules before use.


Service Provided As Is

The site and all content are supplied “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent allowed by law, no warranty is made that information is accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or that a partner search is comprehensive. Custody and public records can change at any time. Nothing here is an official statement by a sheriff or government body.


Limits of Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the site, its owners, and contributors are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive loss arising from access, inability to access, reliance on content, or use of a linked service.


Your Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the site and its operators harmless from claims, losses, costs, and reasonable legal fees caused by your use, your violation of these terms, or your infringement of another person's rights.


Intellectual Property Rights

Site text, graphics, logos, arrangement, and code belong to McDonough County Released Inmates or its content partners, unless stated otherwise. They may not be copied, changed, republished, or distributed without written permission.


Changes to Terms

These terms may be revised at any time. New terms take effect when posted. Continued use after a revision means the current terms apply.


Ending Site Access

Access may be limited, suspended, or revoked at any time and for any reason, with or without notice.


Illinois Governing Law

Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute must be filed in a court with proper jurisdiction in Illinois.


Severability

If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in force. The affected provision will be narrowed only as much as needed to make it enforceable.


Terms Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contacts page.